Heaven's Gate (1980)
| Release Date | 19 November 1980 |
| Budget | $44,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $2,000,000 |
| Tagline | What one loves about life are the things that fade. |
| Genre | Drama, History, Western |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby, 70 mm 6-Track |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Epic Western, Revisionist Western |
| Themes | Social Injustice, Ranchers, Culture Clash, Faltering Friendships, Immigrant Life, Vigilantes, Class Differences, Political Corruption |
| Tones | Sweeping, Atmospheric, Lavish, Forceful, Grim, Gritty, Harsh |
| Tags | Frontier, Immigrant, Kill, Love Triangle, Outlaw [Western], Police, Ranch, Rustler, Settler |
Heaven's Gate is a 1980 American Western film based on the Johnson County War, a dispute between land barons and European immigrants in Wyoming in the 1890s. The cast included Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Joseph Cotten, Geoffrey Lewis, Richard Masur, Terry O'Quinn, Mickey Rourke, and Willem Dafoe in his first film role.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Mary Catherine Wright
Nell
Stefan Shcherby
Big man
Waldemar Kalinowski
Photographer
Margaret Benczak
Mrs. Eggleston
Jim Knobeloch
Kopestansky
Erika Petersen
Mrs. Kopestonsky
Marat Yusim
Russian merchant
Aivars Smits
Mr. Kovach
Jarlath Conroy
Mercenary in new suit
Allen Keller
Dudley
Caroline Kava
Stefka
Mady Kaplan
Kathia
Kevin McClarnon
Arapaho Brown
Kai Wulff
German merchant
Steven Majstorovic
Czech merchant
Gabriel Walsh
Zindel's clerk
Jack Blessing
Emigrant boy
Jerry Sullivan
Governor of Wyoming
Jerry McGee
Heaven's Gate band
Cleve Dupin
Heaven's Gate band
Stephen Bruton
Heaven's Gate band
Sean Hopper
Heaven's Gate band
David Mansfield
John DeCoy, Heaven's Gate band violinist
David S. Cass Sr.
Moustached mercenary
Paul D'Amato
Bearded mercenary
Peter Osusky
Peter
Ivan Kormanik
Ivan
Michael Christensen
Juggler
Anatoli Davydov
Fighting Bulgarian emigrant
Nina Gaidarova
Bulgarian emigrant's wife
Wally McCleskey
Chicken fighter
Gary Vezane
Canton's bodyguard
H.P. Evetts
Wolcott's bodyguard
Bruce Morgan
Miner
Bobby Faber
Class marshal
Loyd Catlett
Morison's sentry
Juli Erickson
Refugee
Les Gapay
Extra
Al Nazario Hunter
Regulator
David Lewis
Extra
Eric Wood
Immigrant
Lincoln Hurst
Harvard undergraduate
Director
Producer
Joann Carelli
producer
Denis O'Dell
executive producer
Charles Okun
executive producer
William Reynolds
executive producer
Original Music
David Mansfield
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Cinematographer
Editor
Lisa Fruchtman
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Gerald B. Greenberg
William Reynolds
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Tom Rolf
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Casting Director
Cis Corman
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Tony Gaznick
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Jane Halloran
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Production Designer
Tambi Larsen
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Art Director
Spencer Deverell
Maurice Fowler
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Set Decorator
James L. Berkey
Josie MacAvin
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Costume Designer
J. Allen Highfill
Makeup Department
Thomas R. Burman
special makeup effects artist
Verne Caruso
hair stylist
Ken Chase
makeup artist
Tom Hoerber
makeup artist
Mary Keats
hair stylist
Jerry O'Dell
makeup artist
Ken Diaz
makeup artist
Production Manager
Robert Grand
production manager
Denis O'Dell
production manager
Charles Okun
production manager
Peter Price
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andy Armstrong
second assistant director
Dennis Capps
second assistant director
Brian W. Cook
assistant director
Richard Graves
second assistant director
Michael Grillo
assistant director
Terry Needham
second assistant director
Michael Stevenson
second assistant director
Ken Tuohy
second assistant director
Art Department
Ragnar Antonsen
drapery foreman
Gus Basso
greensman
Joseph D. Brady
construction foreman
Jaymes Hinkle
sign painter
Tom Jung
poster designer
Maurice Larson
sign painter gang boss
Nancy Mickelberry
set designer
James F. Orendorff
construction coordinator
David Q. Quick
assistant property master
Rudy Reachi
assistant property master
Bob Sherwood
stand-by propman
Alan Sims
assistant property master, lead man
Robert J. Visciglia Sr.
property master
James T. Woods
painter gang boss
William Ladd Skinner
set designer
Sound Department
Richard Adams
sound editor
Donald L. Bolger
boom operator
Charles J. Bond
cable person
Arthur Carelli
cable person
Michael Jablow
assistant sound editor
Chris Jenkins
sound re-recording mixer
James J. Klinger
supervising sound editor
Jas. Klinger
assistant sound editor
C. Darin Knight
sound mixer
Robert Knudson
sound re-recording mixer
Skip MacDonald
assistant sound editor
Don MacDougall
sound re-recording mixer
Tom C. McCarthy
sound editor
Gene Radzik
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Winston Ryder
sound editor
Curt Schulkey
sound editor
Jonathan Andrews
sound liason
Malcolm Davies
sound
Richard Portman
sound re-recording mixer
Special Effects
James Camomile
special effects
Stan Parks
special effects
Ken Pepiot
special effects
Samuel E. Price
special effects
Kevin Quibell
special effects
Paul Stewart
special effects
Stunts
Tom Elliott
stunts
Buddy Van Horn
stunt coordinator
William H. Burton
stunts
Hank Calia
stunts
Joe Finnegan
stunts
Alan Gibbs
stunts
Bill Hart
stunts
Billy Hank Hooker
stunts
Leroy Johnson
stunts
George Orrison
stunts
Larry Randles
stunts
Walter Scott
stunts
Chuck Waters
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Cridlin
key grip
Dick Deats
key grip
Ray De La Motte
camera operator
Doug DiGioia
camera operator
Eric Engler
assistant camera
Jeff Gershman
camera operator
Michael Gershman
assistant camera
Paul Gilbert
camera operator
Ernst Haas
still photographer
John Harris
camera operator
Lee Heckler
gaffer
John Hull
grip
Jan Kiesser
camera operator
Kyle T. MacDowell
grip
Ken Miller
best boy grip
Louis Niemeyer
assistant camera
Ken Nishino
assistant camera
Kelvin Pike
camera operator
Paul M. Pollard
camera operator
László Regos
camera operator
Joseph D. Steuben
camera operator
Jenny Thomson
camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Casting Department
Pam Caper
casting associate
Jim Comfort
extras casting assistant
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Beth Alexander
costumer
Sandy Berke Jordan
costumer: women
James P. Cullen
costumer
Barry Francis Delaney
costumer
Claudia Everett
wardrobe assistant
Frimi Okun
costumer
Laurie Riley
costumer: men
Editorial Department
Donah Bassett
negative cutter
Mellissa Bretherton
assistant editor
Neil Farrell
assistant editor
Aubrey Head
color timer
Harry Peck Bolles
apprentice editor
Michael E. Polakow
assistant editor
Michael Ripps
assistant editor
Ralph Sandler
assistant film editor
Penelope Shaw
assistant editor
José Antonio Torres
assistant film editor
Music Department
Joann Carelli
music supervisor
William Saracino
music editor
Transportation Department
Gene R. Johnson
transportation coordinator
Other Crew
Ted Albert
unit publicist
Bryan Buchanan
lead stand-in
Kim Burke
wrangler
Alan B. Curtiss
location manager
Eleanor Fazan
choreographer
Sally Jones
script supervisor
Lynda Karjola
production coordinator
Alex Matcham
assistant accountant
Patty Nelson
secretary: Mr. Cimino
Gene O'Brien
wrangler
Fred O'Dell
wrangler
Betty Owens
assistant production accountant
Sally Pardo
production assistant
Ellen Ribner
researcher
June Samson
script supervisor
Dominic Santarone
caterer
Ruth Santarone
caterer
B. Thomas Seidman
assistant trainee
Nanette Siegert
production coordinator
William Snyder
production assistant
Joe Stanley
location manager
Tad Tadlock
additional choreographer
Ann Tait
production controller
Bill Twaddle
wrangler
Rudy Ugland
boss wrangler
Robert Weinstein
researcher
Jerry Young
wrangler
Production Company
Partisan Productions
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Distributor
United Artists
United Artists
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Tobis
Chapel Distribution
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MGM Home Entertainment
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MGM Home Entertainment
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Miscellaneous
Lee Lighting
grip and lighting equipment
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